by Brian Burgess | Dec 30, 2020
Earlier this week, Forbes Magazine named Rebekah Jones, the controversial former state data mapper as the nation’s “Technology Person of the Year.” But in a year filled with rapid, worldwide adoption of high-tech, pandemic-related technologies, it’s not clear...
by Brian Burgess | Dec 28, 2020
There will be little surprise that the lion’s share of headlines and site traffic at The Capitolist in 2020 was dedicated to COVID-19 news, analysis and related policy coverage. But a handful of other storylines managed to generate enough reader interest that...
by Brian Burgess | Dec 21, 2020
The first signs of trouble with Florida’s vaccine rollout plan surfaced early last week, when Governor Ron DeSantis blamed Pfizer for “production issues” that would cause hundreds of thousands of doses to be delayed. Then Pfizer fired back...
by Brian Burgess | Dec 11, 2020
The nation’s largest player in the field of renewable energy turned in an impressive performance in 2020 despite the economic challenges presented by the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. NextEra Energy, based in Juno Beach, Florida, managed to expand its pipeline...
by Brian Burgess | Dec 9, 2020
Addressing an online crowd at the Florida Chamber’s transportation and infrastructure summit yesterday, Senate President Wilton Simpson labeled the Everglades Reservoir project a “mistake” and confirmed he plans to focus water storage...